All the Shocking Details About Teresa Giudice's Time Spent in Prison

Teresa Giudice is officially a free woman. Just before Christmas, the Real Housewives star was released from prison after serving 11 months of her 15-month sentence—and just days ago, she was officially let off house arrest. (She celebrated her freedom with a tweet: "Feeling so blessed today.") But Tre isn't putting her prison time in the past just yet: She's just released her memoir, Turning the Tables: From Housewife to Inmate and Back Again, about her time away and has been speaking out recently about life both in and out of prison. Here's an update on what the reality star has been up to, behind bars and beyond.

Tre is coming back to The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Despite Joe setting off to serve his prison sentence this March, Teresa will be returning to the RHONJ series for season seven, she revealed yesterday. "I am very excited to be back, she told Bravo's The Daily Dish. "For me, this season is all about letting go of the past and embracing the future. People are calling me Teresa 2.0." (Melissa Gorga and Jacqueline Laurita are also returning.)

"Teresa 2.0" could refer to the rockin' prison bod she's now sporting. According to her new memoir Turning the Tables, which features the diary she kept while serving her sentence, she worked out three times a day, lost eight pounds, and dropped nearly three sizes—thanks to running, lifting weights, and yoga. "It got me through this whole ordeal, and I can't live without it now," she writes.

But working out couldn't change the "horrible" conditions she faced while locked up. In an interview with Good Morning America, Teresa described the living conditions at the Danbury, Conn. correctional facility where she served her time. "There was mold in the bathrooms. There was not running water constantly. The showers were freezing cold," she said. "There were some nights that we didn't even have heat...it was hell."

And the food situation was equally gross. This is so not fabulicious: Teresa writes in her memoir that, at one point, maggots were found in the rice served at the prison. Gag.

But she worked in the kitchen. "I had a job in the kitchen. I wiped tables after breakfast, three days a week: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday," she told GMA. Despite earning only 12 cents an hour—her first paycheck was $1.60—she claimed that she "loved" her job.

Teresa witnessed lots of hook-ups during her time in prison. "The ladies were getting it on so much that our room became known as the Boom Boom Room," she wrote in her book.

One person not hooking up while she was away? Her husband, Joe. Teresa addressed rumors of infidelity to People: "No woman has ever come up to me and said that my husband was having an affair with them," she told the magazine. "Joe trusts me, he knows I'm faithful, I know he's faithful, and that's all that matters."

Now that she's out, Teresa is putting all of the legal and financial drama behind her. "[We're not in] foreclosure any longer, thank you, God," she told GMA. "And our restitution's paid off. We're in—thank God—you know, in good shape."